Marion Harris (1916): I Ain't Got Nobody, Paradise Blues. Oriole Orch.: Shim- Me- Sha- Wabble. Wolverine Orch.: Royal Garden Blues. Original Memphis 5: Struttin' at the Strutters Ball. Ethel Waters: That Da Da Strain. The Georgians: Snake Hips. Tennessee Ten: Tain't Nobody's Business. Lizzie Miles: Cotton Belt Blues. Carolina Club Orch.: Everybody Loves My Baby. Hannah Sylvester : Midnight Blues. The Cotton Pickers: State St. Blues. Bessie Smith: Louisiana Low Down Blues. Mamie Smith: I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll. Sara Martin: Keeps On A Rainin'. Johnny Dunn: Put and Take,
Pensacola Blues (with Edith Wilson).
Several tunes here are attributed to Spencer Williams although maybe not with his direct input such as Put and Take. He created early hits like I Ain’t Got Nobody and Tishomingo Blues, shimme sha wabble and Royal Garden Blues. Everybody Loves My Baby is included. He provided Jazz with a truly great homegrown (Southern) composer of hit tunes alongside the New York Gershwins and Broadway. Ory, Oliver, Handy, Armstrong, Morton, many others could write great songs but Spencer Williams was not really a performer but a writer that the performers drew upon for standards.
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